Emperor moths (Saturniidae)


Emperor moths (Saturniidae)

Announcements

16 Mar 2025

Hello NatureMaprs!Three new priority species lists of exotic freshwater and terrestrial invertebrates, and vertebrates in the ACT have been added to NatureMapr. Uploading records of these species to N...


Continue reading

NatureMapr now receives more records in NSW than ACT

NatureMapr Data Collector 6.2.1 update

Critical nature positive infrastructure update

IMPORTANT NatureMapr Data Collector 6.2.0 mobile app update

Discussion

donhe wrote:
6 hrs ago
I think the superficial intra-species variability excedes the inter-species differences.

Saturniidae
DiBickers wrote:
Yesterday
Thanks so much for that @donhe 💚

Opodiphthera helena
donhe wrote:
30 Mar 2025
I think it is about the size of male O. helena, and the cocoons of that species are more often solo whereas other Saturniidae have communal cocoons.

Opodiphthera helena
DiBickers wrote:
30 Mar 2025
@donhe, @ibaird do you think this looks like a moth cocoon?

Opodiphthera helena
11 Feb 2025
The one and only audio of a moth on NatureMapr, compared to over 36 thousand photos thus far.

Opodiphthera eucalypti
806,324 sightings of 21,888 species from 13,695 contributors
CCA 3.0 | privacy
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this land and acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.